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Spoilers Book of Boba Fett [Spoiler Discussion]

Speaking of Tatooine, is it my imagination or is the place become more busy / popular?

I mean, a regular daily transport from the ring station to Tatooine, which is supposed to be a complete backwater? (The droid who took Din's weapons said he could catch the next day's flight if he wanted to speak to a manager.)

That's like a daily flight from LAX to Blythe. I know, plot...

But for a place that's 'as far from the center of the universe as you can get,' Tatooine sure sees a lot of action. Almost everything we've seen on Tatooine could have happened on Navarro. Not sure I spelled that right.

Don't get me wrong, though. I like Tatooine as much as the next fan.
 
Jedi Marso said:
Speaking of Tatooine, is it my imagination or is the place become more busy / popular?

I mean, a regular daily transport from the ring station to Tatooine, which is supposed to be a complete backwater? (The droid who took Din's weapons said he could catch the next day's flight if he wanted to speak to a manager.)

That's like a daily flight from LAX to Blythe. I know, plot...

But for a place that's 'as far from the center of the universe as you can get,' Tatooine sure sees a lot of action. Almost everything we've seen on Tatooine could have happened on Navarro. Not sure I spelled that right.

Don't get me wrong, though. I like Tatooine as much as the next fan.
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I mean backwater is a relative term, and this is a galaxy where the bar for "busy" is Coruscant with a population somewhere north of a trillion, and over a thousand layers of city going from the upper atmosphere, all the way down to the core. Even Naboo is considered to be a bit on the sleepy side, and look how densely populated Theed is!

The perception that Tatooine is practically deserted really comes from the pre '97 depiction of Mos Eisley, which was never as busy as George would have liked (as per the script), hence the changes. And Mos Eisley isn't the only settlement; Bestine is mentioned in the script too as being to the west, plus Archorhead to the south.
Also consider what we saw of Mos Espa in TPM & AotC was just the outskirts by the junk dealers and slave quarters. The real clue is the podracing arena; that place was clearly seating a good 100,000 people, easy.

Mostly Tatooine is a layover since it's positioned close, (but not too close) to several major hyperlanes, hence it's attraction to smugglers and the like. So it would see a fair amount of traffic, though most visitors aren't ever going outside the city limits, much less out to the moisture farming ranges. Small settlements like Archorhead, Mos Pella and the Pika Oasis are the locals only type of places.
 
He has to take the armor. No choice. He chooses Yoda’s lightsaber, he’ll end up spit roasted on Kylo Ren’s when the Jedi Academy gets torched, and nobody wants to see that.
 
I like how they portrayed Cad Bane for the couple minutes he was on screen.

You didn't need to watch clone wars to understand him. Everything you need to know is in the way he moves, the way he talks and acts.

But where is his signature toothpick?
 
Mos Eisley was a pretty busy spaceport even at the time of ANH if we add the Special Edition ships taking off and the additional people and other aliens strolling through the streets. But yeah, it does sort of feel like the planet has gained more visitors in the years since the Empire fell and the galaxy's freer.
 
cooleddie74 said:
Mos Eisley was a pretty busy spaceport even at the time of ANH if we add the Special Edition ships taking off and the additional people and other aliens strolling through the streets. But yeah, it does sort of feel like the planet has gained more visitors in the years since the Empire fell and the galaxy's freer.
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Well, given it's proximity to hyperspace lanes and Hutt controlled space is not exactly a surprise. Luke's comments shouldn't really be taken as a statement of accuracy of Tatooine's importance. It might be far away from Coruscant but given the type of business being done that might be preferred.
 
It's clearly important enough for a major spaceport to have been there even in the original 1977 edit of the film and a lot of really good space pilots stop there for drinks and to pick up business. Luke was just sore he couldn't leave home and do exciting things and wasn't very motivated to like Tatooine.
 
Another episode without much Boba Fett...
I think it's interesting that Luke is continuing the old Jedi thing about renouncing emotional attachments. Arguably that was one of the flaws of the PT-era Jedi Order. With this fresh start, he has a chance to build a more compassionate and 'human' order instead of just aping the old one and all the stuff that led to its downfall.

Kor
 
Can we please just BURN/erase any negatives/digital media of the so called sequel trilogy, forget it ever existed, and go forward with our favorite STAR WARS characters from here?...Please... ;)

This is what I wanted the sequel trilogy stuff to be in essence. Not a super-powered godlike Luke -- but what we see here, which is DEFINITELY NOT a sniveling/scared attempted nephew killer...

This episode was not what I expected at all - but I LOVED it.
 
Noname Given said:
This is what I wanted the sequel trilogy stuff to be in essence. Not a super-powered godlike Luke -- but what we see here, which is DEFINITELY NOT a sniveling/scared attempted nephew killer...
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“Love no one, defend yourself first in a dangerous galaxy” is exactly what I’d expect to hear from someone who would say, “Yes, instantly, pure reflex” to the question “Would you kill Baby Darth Vader?”
 
Noname Given said:
Can we please just BURN/erase any negatives/digital media of the so called sequel trilogy, forget it ever existed, and go forward with our favorite STAR WARS characters from here?...Please... ;)
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Just because you said that:

Season 2 -- Somehow, Bib Fortuna returned.

Season 3 -- Somehow, Jabba the Hutt returned.

Season 4 -- Somehow Darth Maul returned.... again.

Season 5 -- Somehow, Jango Fett returned.
 
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